Li Laiheng was worried, while Fang Yiren recalled the Qing army and was not only worried, but simply terrified.
After all, he had personally experienced the massacre of Jinan, and it was only through some good luck that he managed to save half his life from the Qing soldiers' butcher's knives.
Li Laiheng's words reminded Fang Yiren of the Qing army's terrifying offensive. His eyes showed some pain and flinch that he had never seen before, and his voice was trembling as he said:
"In the eleventh year of the year, the Eastern Han Dynasty invaded Jinan, and their offensive was like breaking bamboo. At that time, the governor of Shandong, Song Xuezhu, and the magistrate of Licheng, Han Chengxuan, who were guarding Jinan, were both well-known and capable officials. They organized Jinan's soldiers and civilians to defend for ten days and nights, but Denglai
The soldiers who were rescuing the siege were all defeated by Donglu in the field. There were no reinforcements outside Jinan and they were unable to fight inside. As a result, they could only wait to die. After Donglu entered the city, they killed everywhere, set fire to the city, and pierced their hands with ropes, killing a large number of people.
The captives were taken as slaves outside the customs."
The catastrophe in Shandong in the winter of the 11th year of Chongzhen was ultimately caused by the strong resistance of the Ming army, which ended completely when Lu Xiangsheng's lone army was destroyed in Julu.
Emperor Chongzhen used Lu Xiangsheng, an extremely heroic victim, to achieve no success at all. He could only completely fail the peace agreement, which resulted in a tragic and humiliating ending.
After the Battle of Julu, the remaining frontier troops were all in a state of low morale and disintegrated military morale, and were unable to stop the Qing army's wanton exchanges.
In fact, Shandong's original military strength was not weak, but Dezhou, the gateway to Shandong, was lost first. The Qing army marched in, and the Ming army fought independently and did not dare to rescue each other. The few troops that still had the courage to rescue friendly forces were further destroyed by their own troops.
This terrible result was announced.
How could it be able to contend with the Qing army's barbaric and brutal force if it was so disintegrated?
Li Laiheng comforted him by saying: "Few people in the Chuang army know how powerful the Qing army is... But only looking at Sun Chuanting, who has been regarded as a strong enemy by the Central Plains army, when the Eastern invaders invaded in the eleventh year, they could only follow and 'escort' the Qing
When the army came out of the pass and did not dare to fight and intercept, we knew that the strength of the Donglu troops must be far beyond the general imagination of the Chuang army."
In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, after the Qing army wiped out Lu Xiangsheng's troops in Julu, they boldly went south, dispersed their troops and looted everywhere, sweeping away the area in southern Hebei and northern Shandong. After a feast, the Qing army carried a large amount of money and took countless people away safely.
, Governor Sun Chuanting, who was ordered in the face of danger, led tens of thousands of Ming troops to follow the Qing army. He could only adopt the most cautious and conservative strategy and watch the Qing army return outside the pass on its own.
Such an unscrupulous offensive by the Qing army is something that the current Chuang army has absolutely no way to achieve. Even if the strength of the Central Plains Chuang Army and the Huguang Chuang Army were added together, Li Zicheng would have absolutely no confidence to dare to penetrate thousands of miles into Shaanxi within three months.
After an armed parade under Sun Chuanting's nose, he escaped unscathed.
Just by looking at it from this point of view, we know that the strength of the Qing army is stronger than all the Ming armies and all the invaders.
What's more, the Qing army that entered the pass to plunder was not the entire main force of Huang Taiji. This also shows that Huang Taiji's trump card is strong.
"Everyone in Xiaoyuan camp said that the Qing army has arrived in Shandong, and it seems to be true." Fang Yiren also estimated, "It has been almost a month since the Qing army broke through Jizhou, right? According to the eleventh year of Chongzhen, it has been
Judging from the attack speed of the Qing army, it took three months for the Qing army to reach Jinan. Now, compared with the time when Lu Xiangsheng was a warrior, it is possible for the Qing army to reach Shandong and even Jinan in one month."
"well!"
This is also what Li Laiheng is most worried about. Even if Xiao Yuan Ying joins forces with Shi Kefa and Chen Yongfu, Li Laiheng will not be worried at all.
The first is because Chen Yongfu has both ends, and he is a man who cherishes his own strength. The Ming Dynasty has reached this point, and Li Zicheng expressed his attitude of forgetting the past. Li Laiheng does not believe that Chen Yongfu will fight for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the Chuang Army, who are also Han Chinese.
It's a life-or-death situation.
The second reason is that although Shi Kefa has a firm stance and a noble character, in terms of ability, Shi Kefa is indeed not a dragon or a tiger. He has ethics and basic abilities. Therefore, Li Laiheng does not belittle Shi Kefa very much. The guard dog should
It is said to be a relatively neutral evaluation.
But if the Qing army had reached near Jinan now, the situation would be very different.
Li Laiheng's mission is to solve the Xuzhou Suppression General, but what if the Qing army also wants to attack Xuzhou? Can Li Laiheng sit back and watch the Qing army plunder Xuzhou into a white land?
If he had an elite field army of 20,000 Chuang troops and sat in the south of Xuzhou and watched the Qing army massacre the people of Shandong, what would the Chuang troops do to establish their rule over Xu Huai? Not to mention that if he did this, the honest warriors of the Chuang troops would
What will they think of him Li Laiheng?
But is Li Laiheng required to help Shi Kefa resist the Qing army?
For Li Laiheng, the best solution is to defeat the Qing and Ming armies at the same time... But does he have the strength?
"If the Qing army has reached Dezhou or even Jinan now, then we have to make a long-term plan... The Ming army is the enemy of our army, and the Qing army is the enemy of the Ming army, but isn't the enemy of the enemy?
Will they be our enemies? If the Qing army wants to do what they did in the eleventh year of Chongzhen in Shandong, the Chuang army will have no choice but to smash their capital and fight with him. Otherwise, Shandong will be plundered by the Qing army.
Bai Di, how can I face the people of Qingxu and Huaisi?"
Li Laiheng's dilemma was fully reflected in his expression. Now it was Fang Yiren's turn to comfort him and said: "Maybe it is just a rumor that the Qing army has reached Shandong... No matter how fast they are, they will never be able to do it in more than twenty days.
Just fight from Jizhou to Jinan?"
This sentence is quite reasonable. The Ming army is not a living wage earner. No matter how officials avoid sending them, they will not give the Qing army twenty days to penetrate North China.
Li Laiheng thought of this and felt that the matter had not reached a point where it was particularly difficult to deal with. He took a breath and asked his soldiers to put away the map, and prepared to go to Bozhou City with Fang Yiren to see how efficiently Hao Yaoqi was doing things.
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But before Li Laiheng stood up, the curtain of the big tent was lifted by Gu Junen. He rushed in with a face full of anxiety. He didn't even stand firm and even shouted:
"Yanzhou... it's Yanzhou! Yanzhou! It's actually in Yanzhou!"
Gu Junen roared so hard that he couldn't breathe through it and almost lost his breath. Li Laiheng frowned and quickly brought him a cup of tea and said: "Why are you in such a hurry? What's Yanzhou? What's going on in Yanzhou? Tell me what you're talking about.
It’s clear. Come here, drink the tea, take a moment, you are so out of breath, come here, sit down, and explain to me slowly and clearly.”
"Talk...talk nonsense!"
Gu Junen was so anxious that he couldn't keep his manners in front of Li Laiheng. He snatched the tea from Li Laiheng and drank it all in one gulp before gasping and saying: "Donglu...it's Donglu in Yanzhou."
!It is said that there are tens of thousands of people!”
"Dong, Donglu!?"
Li Laiheng was shocked, and there was a click. Fang Yiren, who was even more shocked, simply dropped the tea cup to the ground. The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere in the tent fell into stasis. Li Laiheng and Fang Yiren, look at me, I look at you,
Finally, they all looked at Gu Junen and said in unison:
"How come Donglu is in Yanzhou!"
Gu Junen did not return the tea cup to Li Laiheng, but put it directly on the table, then sat down and said: "Hi! Donglu may not be in Yanzhou!"
His words made Li Laiheng take a breath again: "Not in Yanzhou? What's going on? Just finish your sentence in one breath. Don't gasp. What are you talking about? What's going on?"
Gu Junen raised his eyebrows and said with a grimace: "Li Shiwei captured some Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers in Daqiuji, Yongcheng County. According to them, Donglu captured Yanzhou around the 20th... Now a few days later, Donglu
The captives may no longer be in Yanzhou, but continue southward to near Xuzhou!"
"How can this be!"
With a bang, Li Laiheng kicked a chair to the ground in excitement. His eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "How is this possible? Donglu only had 20 days, even if they fought from Jizhou to Dezhou or
It's an exaggeration to say it hit Jinan. How could it hit Yanzhou from Jizhou in such a short time!"
"Yanzhou... It's only two hundred miles from Yanzhou to Xuzhou, right? If we work so hard, we can reach Xuzhou in two days!"